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Stability AI may be starting its very own redemption arc. After the disappointment that was SD3 Medium, they’ve come back swinging with the release of two new models that had been promised back in July: Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large and Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large Turbo. “In June, we released Stable Diffusion 3 Medium, the first open release from the Stable Diffusion 3 series. This release didn’t fully meet our standards or our communities’ expectations,” Stability said in an official blog post. “After listening to the valuable community feedback, instead of a quick fix, we took the time to further develop a version that advances our mission to transform visual media.” We generated a few images to try it out before rushing to write this breaking news—and the results were pretty, pretty good. Especially for a base model. The SD 3.5 family is designed to run on consumer-grade systems—even low end by some standards—making advanced image generation more accessible than ever. And yes, they’ve heard the complaints about the previous version so this one promises to be a lot better—so much that their featured image is a woman lying on grass, a wry reference to the horrorshow that occurred earlier when presented with the same challenge. Image: Stability AI Another important aspect of this release is the new licensing model. Stable Diffusion 3.5 comes under a more permissive license, allowing both commercial and non-commercial use. Small businesses and people who make less than $1,000,000 in revenue from the tool can use and build on these models for free. Those with a larger revenue must contact Stability to negotiate fees. By comparison, Black Forest Labs offers its lower-end Flux Schnell for free, its medium model Flux Dev free with non commercial use and its SOTA model Flux Pro is a closed source…

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